2001 Death Heywood Hale Broun, "commentator, writer", dies at 83 1997 Event 58th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Hale Irwin 1996 Event 57th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Hale Irwin 1992 Death Mother Clare Hale, cared for New York City AIDS babies (Hale House), dies at 87 1990 Event 1st sudden death U.S. Open Golf Championship is won by Hale Irwin 1990 Event 90th U.S. Golf Open: Hale Irwin shoots a 280 at Medinah CC in Medinah Il 1990 Death Alan Hale, Jr., Skipper on Gilligan's Island, dies of cancer at 71 1979 Event 79th U.S. Golf Open: Hale Irwin shoots a 284 at Inverness Club in Toledo 1975 Birthday Tifini Hale, born in Palm Springs, California, rocker, Party-Rodeo, That's Why 1974 Event 74th U.S. Golf Open: Hale Irwin shoots a 287 at Winged Foot Golf Club New York 1972 Birthday Myra Katherine Hale, born in Lincoln, Nebraska, Miss America-Nebraska 1996 1965 Death Creighton Hale, silent film actor (Cat and Canary), dies at 83 1964 Birthday Chip Hale, Santa Clara California, infielder for the Minnesota Twins 1960 Death Jonathan Hale, actor (Blondie), shoots himself at 68 1950 Death Alan Hale, actor (Little John-Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 57 1949 Death Hale Ascher VanderCook, composer, dies at 85 1949 Event 200" (5.08-m) Hale telescope 1st used 1948 Event 200" (5.08 m) Hale telescope dedicated at Palomar Observatory 1945 Birthday Hale S. Irwin, Joplin, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1974 U.S. Open 1938 Death George Ellery Hale, astronomer, dies 1925 Birthday Hale Smith, composer 1923 Birthday John Hale, born in Ashford, Kent, linguist, historian, professor, editor, attended Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University, served as a Fellow of the British Academy 1923 Birthday Lee Hale, born in Tacoma, Washington, choral director, The Entertainers 1921 Birthday Barbara Hale, born in Dekalb, Illinois, actress, Della Street - Perry Mason 1918 Birthday Heywood Hale Broun, journalist 1918 Birthday Alan Hale [MacKahan], Jr., born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Skipper-Gilligan's Island 1914 Birthday Lord Erroll of Hale, British minister 1905 Birthday Clara "Mother" Hale, U.S. social worker, Hale House 1898 Birthday Kathleen Hale, British children book writer/illustrator, Orlando 1893 Event Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performs 1st successful open heart surgery without anesthesia 1892 Birthday Alan Hale, Rufus A Mackahan, Washington D.C., actor, Little John-Robin Hood 1891 Birthday Jonathan Hale, actor, Saint's Double Trouble, Saint Strikes Back 1889 Event Dr. Daniel Hale Williams forms Provident Hospital in Chicago 1888 Death Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer, dies at 83 1887 Birthday Mary Ellen Chase, educator/author, Windswept, 1959 Sarah Hale Award 1882 Birthday Creighton Hale, Cork Ireland, actor, Gorilla Man, Way Down East 1879 Death Sarah Josepha Hale, American Writer 1864 Birthday Hale Ascher VanderCook, composer 1856 Birthday Daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon, 1st open heart operation 1822 Birthday Edward Everett Hale, U.S., clergyman/author, Man without a Country 1805 Birthday Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer 1788 Birthday Sarah Josepha Hale, author, Mary Had a Little Lamb 1788 Birthday Sarah Hale, founder, Seaman's Aid Society of Boston 1776 Death Nathan Hale, U.S. captain/patriot/spy, hanged by British at 21 1776 Event Nathan Hale, spied on British for American rebels, arrested 1776 Event Nathan Hale leaves Harlem Heights Camp (127th St) for spy mission 1776 Event George Washington asks for a spy volunteer, Nathan Hale volunteers 1755 Birthday Nathan Hale, hanged patriot, had but one life to give for his country
